Serial Killers Essay

The serial killer I chose to do a report on is Joseph Roy Metheny, also known as “The Cannibal Killer”. He was born on March 2, 1955 and died on August 5, 2017 (Blanco, n.d.). Despite what Joseph has said about his home life, it was pretty normal. He grew up in the North Point Boulevard area of Essex, in Maryland (Wynter, 2017). In an interview, his mother, Jean Metheny, openly spoke about his childhood. She said that when Joe was six, his father got in a car crash and left her a single mother…

The interest with serial killers in our society has been realized, and several psychological studies have been approached in order to understand it. Within an American magazine publication, The Atlantic, the article “The Grisly, All American Appeal of Serial Killers” states that our interest in serial killers stems from people being drawn to understanding the dark side, and trying to figure out the puzzle that is a labyrinth of human emotions and motives. This demonstrates why people are so…

forensics department head. He is also a part time serial killer but he chooses his victims from a utilitarianism viewpoint. He takes the lives of those of who are plagues to society. But, he claims throughout the novel and the show that he kills to protect those who cannot protect themselves, he takes justice into his own hands. Serial killers live amongst society. Serial killers are human beings with the urge to kill and have more than one victim, serial killers should be feared by society…

better understanding as to what defines a serial killer, and what causes them to kills others. As explained in the article, the main two two reasons why people believe that serial killers are the way they are is that they are genetically born to kill and that they have experienced past trauma, thus seeking shelter from their emotions by killing people. They define a serial killer as someone who kills for pleasure and has deep desires to kill others. Serial killers will kill on impulse, so they…

is the “Serial Killers”. They commit such horrendous crimes, but that does not stop society from being fascinating with them. This is because they are so mysterious in their behavior and it is common for people to want to know why they are who they are. I never really knew what they truly are and their impact in society, all I know is that they both terrified and fascinated certain members of society including myself. Serial killer is define as someone who murders three or…

Ted Bundy, an infamous serial killer, once said, “Society wants to believe it can identify evil people, or bad or harmful people, but it’s not practical. There are no stereotypes.” This idea is evidenced in the book The Only Living Witness. “When police arrested Ted Bundy and charged him with several rapes, kidnappings and murders, those closest to him were stunned, for they said, “Ted was one of us” (13). No one who was close to him believed he was capable of doing such repulsive acts; many…

typical day of Jeffery Dahmer. He wasn't a serial killer fueled with anger or rage, he simply took the lives of his victims on impulse…

Serial killers are as fascinating as they are horrifying. As much as we fear them, we are intrigued in learning about them and knowing their story. Today our society is filled with shows like “Dexter” and “Criminal Minds” that gives a glimpse of serial killers. We enjoy watching it on television or reading about it in books or on the internet. Scholars take hours out of their day to studying these murders and crimes. When we watch these shows we are filled with these fantasies of killings and…

Serial killers are neither born nor are they created; rather they are the product of both elements when put to extremes. A predisposed mental disorder is sure to cause one to have some troubles in life, but does not automatically make one a future serial murderer. Along with that claim, a troubled childhood is also not grounds for future damnation. But when combined in extremes, one begins to become at risk for a very complicated- and sometimes deadly -future. Originating from former FBI…

Jeffrey Dahmer, the infamous serial killer, was born on May 21, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, although he grew up in Ohio. His childhood was not anything too out of the ordinary, except for a few incidents; one of which was him being molested at the age of eight. Dahmer grew up in a house with his father, mother and his brother, Lionel Dahmer, Joyce Dahmer and David Dahmer, listed accordingly. When he turned ten, Dahmer was supposedly experimenting with dead animals, although his parents just…